Toy-pistol body



Aug. 18, 1925. 1,549,804

" R. E. REARDON TOY PISTOL BODY Filed Feb. 18. 1924 ROBERT:EDWINBEARQONQOF Gamer,sem -mm..

. groY rrsron B01351.

I "Application-filed li'ebrnary DON, a. subject ofthe King of Great Britain,

I residingin theitown of Golun'ihia, county .5 ofaLahoa'ster, and State of Pennsylvania,

I UnitiSt-ates as A merioa have inventedit new and useful Toy-Pistol Body; 0 which thefollowingis a specification.

. 1 .mezins 'for'essemhling metal, toys; particularlyiron"toy pistolshncl the-like Whether cast -or'- 'fornied" otherwise, by so formingilr" tegra nt-lyf of -thei'r substance certain compo; "'n'ent parts jot-"the" article that they look" fast toeaoh other when. pressed together, by -virispens'es .Wil'ih' the cornn'lon n e'o neans of holrlfingassemblecl' the coniponent parts-of:suoh' clev-loes, the employ sembiin means-integral with component to Elessen the labor, time endeqnipin'ent nsuelly required for the production zi-rtiblaster-1 th-etype 5 to "which my ilnproiie-n ent 'nmybe appliecl. e I Y I" attain the object of m'y invention by ari'ed' adaptations "of "the "means to the-articles "*to" which it may lo e applied andjl illustrate herein its application to a (Certain design "of sn d arrangementofparts hereinafter cle- 7 soribeclmml particularly pointed out in the 1 claim .It i H ClQ 'StQ GJhQ-D d ii r tend to limit myself. toe the. details of eon flstr uotion' or Combination of the jierious parts shown and described herein. i

M invention isillustrated in thei-acooin- 'panying drawings in which: I

. Figure l is a left srleview, slightly in 5.0 being depicted as swung opento show the cured together.

Figure 2 is an interior side elevation of 12; 1924, Seri'eI K013293548 My invention relates to improvements in olts; screws-Ba d otliei-fezrtrs merit of Whiohi-afclclsconsiderabl "to the cost. of manufacture; lvi'ymethocl of makinga parts, taking advantage-es farns'praotica-f ble-"ofthe'inherent'elasticity of the snb 'stance'of su'ch.parts contributesmaterially.

' tfoy pi'stolfby 'the construction, combination perspective from the lower andfrbnt sides, of a toy pistolbody'ooinprised'of right fend left halves and a door platefthatijs pivotall'y mounted therebetween, the saicl'cloorplate means by 'WlliCh the body} halves se thejleft half of the toy pistol body,

i Figure3 is an-exterior View ofothelright half of the toy" pistol" body, slight-y" in per ,speot-ive fronrthe front. end.

' -Figure=4 is a'fragmentary View ofparts of' the' leftand right sides of 'the" toy pis tol body, illustratingia modificetion. of the as shown in Figure: 1'.

similar :part-s.

r The left side A one m Pistol: here;

Construction of the {body assembling mezrns.

"In the drawingslike numerals indicate l in shown an" opening "A in it'pover I which pitojeets a log A tliatprefergbl t p v e i ii r y' firm s d: o ning?*A fjtow rd side B'ofzthe pistoL-hofly: The under ide projeotion at its forward extrem'i another partofthe pi sto' side-A pistol" .si-detA, or out seotiio'n of time thatisequlvalent token opening? myte remmbr mountectby means'of its, I

pistolhalves Whey-joined ere provided hy flange C and" hole C? therein; Usualqrneans' for preventing lateral ,clisple'cement of 1 the t-heinterlocking. efieot ofprojections such as pressed or" loop-section B at itsforward end whloh when assembled co ncides 111 plane 7 iwlth sidefiA' and completes" sarcl srde unclen i eith; she ling fprojectionfA of se ne, being adapted; to fit therennder and" el igage -tthe "B eridfB? on sideiiB entering oorrespohding V, recesses; on"- the opposlterhalr; such ,as fir-end.

striding-HA An essemhlihg armiB iSf'BX- e ear thereo'i -or' 'peralle'lf'thereto, and" bent "clown .Warclterminellyfltowards the location of lug A in side A;:c0;orm it step B With-e erereemies 3B, 'in-it'he plahe s recess B therein formed by a raised margin on saidstep B that abuts the. tapered up per'eclge of log A when the pistol helves are:

' opposed" for joinihgl the recess B being adapted to engage the marginally depressednose A 01 saicl lug A when the pistol is semblech Theessembhng arm E -by its for- {I metion, length and relation to the body of [pistol sicle B. is limitedly resilient; jeizerr though itmay'be-o'f substance that is frangible. When the pistol'sides A and Bare jointingly opposed to e'aohother thearmBPlies V I insiioh relation to lug A of sideA't-het step B slidingly rests upon the sloped side or edge of said lug A in position to sllde down said slope into the opening A below. The operation of assembling the pistol body and effecting this application of my assembling means is. as follows: The door plate being placed in position on pivot post A of pistol side A by means of hole C in flange 0 in open position as shown in Figure 1, the depressed or loop section B of pistol side B is passed into place under the lug projection A of side A, thereby engaging said lug A and preliminarily looking together the forward ends of sides A and B. The step B of arm B of side B is then forced down the sloped side of lug projection A of side A, by pressure on arm B until the said step B rides clear of the nose A of said lug A and springs back laterally and upwardly underneath the said lug A into tight engagement with same, the nose A of the lug incidentally making said engagement still more positive by engaging with recess B of the step 13 The depressed or loop section B of pistol side B is simultaneously drawn into tight engagement with the lug projection A of'pistol side A, thus completing atight and positive assembly of the pistol body. r

In the modified form of the application of my assembling means herein described, which is shown in Figure 4C, the locking engagement of the pistol sides A and B is effected by a forked form of assembly arm B another arm 13 being added thereto, both of said arms being stepped, having step ends B and B laterally opposed to and spaced from each other and adapted to be forced, by pressure on the arms B and Bflydown between the opposed sloped sides of projected lugs A and A overhanging a larger opening A in pistol side A, until the said arms B and B forced towards each other laterally by such downward pressure, ride clear of the bottom of lugs A and A in opening A and expand under said lugs and spring upward into tight engagement with them. This construction of the assembly arm of side B dispenses with the lug projection A of side A, shown in Figures 1 and 2.

It is possible to contrive many other modifications and adaptations of my method of lock joining component parts of iron and other metal toys and the like by making the joining means integral with some of said parts and so utilizing the inherent resiliency of the substance of which said parts are made.

I claim:

1. In a toy pistol having a plurality of component body parts, continuously reusable automatically effective means integrant with component parts for completely securing together all the component parts.

2. In a toy pistol having a plurality of component parts made of frangible metal, reusable means integrant with said parts for permanently or temporarily assembling together all the component parts.

3. In a toy firearm body having molded component parts manually QOperab-le continuously reusable automatically effective means integrant with certain of such component parts whereby all of the component parts may be completely assembled together. i

4. In a toy firearm body having .a plurality of parts, component parts, manually operab-le reusable means formed integrantly of certain of said component parts andadapted by formation and inherent resiliency of substance to securely yet detachably interlock together when joined a plurality of said component parts of said body and thereby assemble permanently or temporarily all the component parts thereof.

5. In a molded metal toy pistol body having a plurality of component parts, continuously reusable means integrant with certain of said component parts and automatically effective by assembly to cause intcrengagement of said parts.

6. In a frangible metal toy firearm having a casing comprised of a plurality of parts, such opposed yielding and engaging formation of certain of such constituent parts that they rigidly interlock with each other when oined yet are continuously intactly reusable.

ROBERT EDWIN REARDON. 

